Jesus encountered Gentiles during his travels, and they may have been more likely then Jews to practice homosexuality. In fact, in Luke 7:2-10 and Matt. 8:5-13 Jesus encounters a centurion, who was a Roman officer most likely in charge of about a hundred soldiers.1 The centurion was a Gentile, although he monetarily supported Jews. Suprisingly, Jesus rarely speaks out against fornication in general, although he does condemn adultery. If the "sin of homosexuality" was such a huge evil for Christians to avoid and "speak out against," then why didn't Jesus ever address it?

Jesus is silent about His support or condemnation of the sin of homosexuality. What can we make of this? Homosexuality was fervently disallowed in the Jewish law, and, thus, there were most likely no homosexuals for Jesus to address. A Jew would most likely not admit to being a homosexual for fear of being ostracized from society or put to death, as in Lev. 20:13"If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them" Lev. 20:13 ESV.. Jesus teachings resulted from questions asked of Him or circumstances that he encountered, and Jesus was never presented with the question of whether or not homosexuality is a sin, since it was rare for a Jew to be a homosexual during Jesus's time. Thus, even though Jesus is silent on the matter of whether or not homosexuality is a sin, we know that Jesus's silence does not include acceptance of homosexuality.

3In 2012, Chik-Fil-A's president, Dan Cathy, stated that Chik-Fil-A gives money to organizatios that support heterosexual marriages, and these organizations are considered "anti-gay." Homosexuals and people who disagreed with Chik-Fil-A's political stance boycotted the Chik-Fil-A franchise. The Christian community responded by organizing a specific day in which they flocked to Chik-Fil-A to buy their food, thereby showing their support for Chik-Fil-A's monetary donations to the groups which discriminate against LGBT people. A couple of months later, the media reported that Chik-Fil-A's president had agreed to stop funding these groups. However, at the time of this writing, it is currently unknown if Chik-Fil-A's president has honored this promise (Gray, 2012, Sep. 24). Return